Medical Science Liaison Job at Astellas Pharma | Apply Now
Looking for a medical science liaison job in a leading global pharmaceutical company? Astellas Pharma is hiring a Medical Science Liaison – Organ Transplantation and Women’s Health in Mumbai. This exciting opportunity under Astellas careers offers professionals the chance to contribute to patient-centric innovation, drive medical affairs strategy, and collaborate with key experts in India. If you are seeking high-impact medical jobs in the life sciences sector, this role could be your next big career move.
Job Details:
- Job Position: Medical Science Liaison – Organ Transplantation and Women’s Health
- Location: Mumbai, India
About the Company:
At Astellas Pharma, we believe that nurturing exceptional relationships with our employees delivers exceptional business results. Everyone at Astellas has a responsibility for creating a brighter future for patients around the world. From the first moment, Astellas will inspire you to put this ethos into practice – with a positive, agile company culture and with well-defined ethical principles, values and systems. Everything we do is led by our company values of integrity, being patient centric, taking ownership, delivering results and communicating openly. These values are essential to Astellas’ relationship with its employees and now is an exciting time to join us as we continue to evolve as a cutting-edge, value driven life sciences innovator.
Job Description:
This medical science liaison job is accountable to initiate, develop and deliver medical and scientific input and activities for one or more of the products in the assigned Therapeutic Area. The Medical Science Liaison is responsible for ensuring medical insights are obtained for the particular product. Accountabilities include execution of an overall medical strategy and tactics for the individual products in his/her territory in alignment with regional/Global TA objectives. The role requires engaging with Key External Experts in the relevant Therapeutic Area and working closely with key internal stakeholders, including the brand teams across the affiliate to achieve business objectives. This is one of the most impactful medical jobs for professionals who want to bridge science and strategy.
Qualifications:
- Medical Degree
- Minimum 1 year for Medical Affairs function in Organ Transplantation and Women’s Health.
- Strong scientific analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strategic capabilities, project management, planning and organizational skills.
- Excellent communication, writing and presentation skills.
- Ability to collaborate and build strategic alignment within the Medical Affairs community and other functions in a matrix environment.
- Strong understanding of applicable industry laws and regulations.
- Fluent in written and verbal business English.
- Outstanding interpersonal and networking skills.
- Field-based role requiring travel within territories covered in India.
Key Responsibilities:
Medical Affairs Strategy & Tactics:
- Coordinate timely medical input of tactics into the Core Medical Plan (CMP) tools for planning, updating the CMP tracker and executing the CMP within timelines and budget.
- Provide external medical and business environment perspective and TA knowledge in development to cross-functional stakeholders in the affiliate.
Clinical Research / Investigator Sponsored Research:
- Evaluate proposed research concept and/or protocols from HCPs for Investigator Sponsored Research (ISR), for medical/scientific merit and appropriate design.
- Support the Regional Clinical Operations team in delivering regional/global trials whenever needed.
Internal / External Relationships:
- Develop, maintain and track relationships with key external experts (KEEs), healthcare professionals, government authorities, funding bodies and other entities to engage and communicate the value of Astellas products in compliance with company values and local regulations.
- Produce a monthly report on activities for the regional medical affairs team.
- Represent the affiliate at internal MA Asia Oceania events and meetings where appropriate.
- Assist Medical Lead for the relevant TA for planning and execution of scientific activities.
Learning & Development:
- Develop expertise and scientific evaluation of assigned therapeutic areas through self-study, company-provided training and scientific meeting attendance.
- Attend selected meetings and congresses and participate in external platforms and share knowledge with stakeholders in the company.
